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SCP-5981 Edifice ? low confidence
SCP-5981
Expected annual
$7.3M
One-time setup
$4.9M
Annual recurring
$7.2M
Personnel
31
Initial one-time setup and equipment purchases are roughly $4.9M, driven primarily by facility upgrades, reserves and field/equipment buy-in; recurrent annual costs are roughly $7.17M/yr, driven by staffing (security, interdiction, psych/memetic specialists), ongoing research/monitoring, and legal/cover-story operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.9M
Catastrophic Response Reserve $2.0M
[#32] One-time catastrophic response reserve to fund very large-scale emergency mobilization if needed.
Facilities $950K
[#1, #23] Permanent road barriers/installation and BSL/quarantine upgrade work (barriers, gates, structural site work and any containment/BSL upgrade caps).
Equipment $725K
[#6, #9, #13, #17, #18, #19, #26] Keyword-crawler/server development, freezer purchase if not in lab setup, hazmat transport boxes, field-team setup equipment, surveillance cameras/sensors, initial drone purchases, and initial secure vehicle purchases.
Contingency Fund $500K
[#21] Seed reserve for rapid legally-plausible responses; one-time allocation to establish a contingency account.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $280K
[#11, #14, #15] Purchase/configuration of radiological laboratory instruments (HPGe, counters), evidence storage/IT shelving and digital-media forensic lab equipment.
Local Government Compensation $200K
[#4] Initial settlement / easements / payments to local governments and landowners to secure access and legal cover.
Public Relations Setup $200K
[#5] One-time PR/misinformation campaign setup (initial media seeding, staged reports, contractor setup).
Cover Story Props $60K
[#3] One-time purchase/rental of props and diesel generators to make the "chemical leak" cover story credible.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.2M/yr
Staff Wages $3.0M/yr
[#2, #7, #9, #15, #16, #17, #33] Ongoing personnel costs: checkpoint security (guards/MTF), human takedown/takedown-legal team operators, cadaver handling staff, digital media lab staff, psych/memetic specialists, field operatives salaries, and administrative/project management staff.
Research And Monitoring $2.6M/yr
[#6, #8, #10, #12, #22, #24, #28, #30, #31, #34] Ongoing costs for crawler/cloud ops, 24/7 digital monitoring, forensic/autopsy research program, hazardous/radioactive waste handling, health surveillance for returnees, long-term scientific program funding, artifact analysis, archival/counterintelligence work, wastewater/soil testing campaigns, and periodic independent audits.
Cover Story And Legal $755K/yr
[#4, #5, #20, #29] Ongoing liaison/permit renewals, PR/content operations, legal team retainer/operations (FOIA/litigation/takedowns), and insurance/indemnity/covert payments.
Contingency Replenishment $250K/yr
[#21] Annual replenishment target for rapid-response reserve (top-ups after incidents).
Facilities Maintenance $164K/yr
[#1, #9, #18, #27] Road/barrier maintenance and repairs, freezer electricity/maintenance, camera/storage costs, and general utilities/generator fuel for off-grid monitoring.
Quarantine Operations $150K/yr
[#23] Ongoing operation of quarantine/BSL isolation capability, PPE and consumables, and support staffing at Site-19 or satellite labs.
Logistics And Transport $145K/yr
[#13, #19, #26] Recurring contracted hazmat shipments and transport, drone operator/maintenance costs, and secure-transport vehicle fuel/insurance/maintenance.
Supplies And Consumables $76K/yr
[#3, #14, #35] Consumables for cover-story props (fuel, disposables), evidence handling operations, and general PPE/decon supplies and expendables.
Training And Drills $75K/yr
[#25] Annual training, SOP development, and emergency drills to maintain containment readiness.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.2M/yr
79.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major public incidents; routine monitoring, interdiction and research operations continue as planned.
no significant exposures normal discovery rates routine research
🚨 Minor Incident $7.4M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized public incident (viral social post or small protest) requiring extra security, PR, legal work and modest investigations.
viral mention resurfaces small public gathering/protest
🚨 Major Breach $8.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant public revelation or multiple simultaneous incidents requiring large-scale response, legal defense, and remediation.
document leaks or mass media exposure coordinated activist campaign
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $12.2M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Wide public exposure or cascading events forcing national response, large-scale legal payouts, arrests, and full mobilization of contingency reserves.
large-scale leak or documentary evidence multi-jurisdictional litigation/media frenzy
👥 Personnel 31 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 9 [#2] Multiple 24/7 checkpoints and roving security to enforce road closures (estimated FTE equivalent based on guard rotation assumptions).
Human Operators / Legal Takedown Team 3 [#7] Operators to triage crawler hits and issue takedowns; legal liaisons for takedown negotiations.
Psychological Operations / Memetic Specialist 4 [#16] Specialists for witness management, inoculation and belief-management operations.
Field Operatives: Interdiction & Retrieval 10 [#17] Rapid-response/interdiction team members (salaries, vehicles and training included in recurring budgets).
Digital Forensics Technician 2 [#15] Staff for media authentication and secure copying (part of digital-media lab recurring costs).
Laboratory Technician / Cadaver Handler 1 [#9] Site-19 cadaver storage handling and routine checks (part-time-equivalent represented as 1 FTE).
Administrative Staff 2 [#33] Project managers, accountants and clerical staff for contract and record management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are built from wide analyst ranges and many contingent/incident-driven items; the anomalous nature of SCP-5981 and uncertain incident frequency produce low confidence in precise dollar totals.
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